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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gordon Hoare
| fullname = Gordon Rahere Hoare
| birth_date = 18 April 1884
| birth_place = [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age |1973|10|27|1884|4|18|df=y}}
| death_place =
| height = 5 ft 11 in<ref name=height>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19130818/093/0005 |title=The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Glossop |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=18 August 1913 |page=5 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 1907–1909 | clubs1 = [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] | caps1 = 11 | goals1 = 5
| years2 = 1909–1910 | clubs2 = [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop]] | caps2 = | goals2 = 
| years3 = 1910–1911 | clubs3 = [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 8
| years4 = 1912–1913 | clubs4 = [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop]] | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 1913–191? | clubs5 = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|QPR]] | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 6
| years6 = 191?–1920 | clubs6 = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] | caps6 = | goals6 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1909–1913
| nationalteam1 = [[England Amateur national football team|England Amateurs]]
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 11
}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|football]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalGold | [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Stockholm]] | [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
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'''Gordon Rahere Hoare''' (18 April 1884 – 27 October 1973)<ref name=SportsRef/> was an English amateur [[association football|footballer]] who was a member of the [[Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] team that won the gold medal at the [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25236 |title=Gordon Hoare |work=Olympedia |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> In club football, he played in the [[English Football League|Football League]] for [[Arsenal F.C.|Woolwich Arsenal]], [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop]] and [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]].<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |date=2004 |page=126 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref>

==Club career==
Born in [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], Hoare started out with junior sides such as [[West Norwood F.C.|West Norwood]], [[Thames Polytechnic F.C.|Woolwich Polytechnic]], and [[Bromley F.C.|Bromley]] before joining [[Arsenal F.C.|Woolwich Arsenal]] in 1907.<ref name="FATFWW">{{Cite web |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/gordon-hoare-footballer/ |title=Gordon Hoare |website=Football and the First World War |language=en |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref> He made his League debut in a [[Football League First Division|First Division]] match against [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] on 20 April 1908, the last day of the [[1907–08 in English football|1907–08]] season.<ref name="11v11">{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/gordon-rahere-hoare-45700/ |title=Gordon Rahere Hoare |website=11v11.com |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref> Although he played 11 League matches in [[1908–09 in English football|1908–09]], scoring five goals, he was unhappy at the lack of regular first-team football and moved to [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop]] in December 1909.<ref name=Harris>{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Harris |editor-first=Tony |editor-last=Hogg |title=Arsenal Who's Who |publisher=Independent UK Sports |location=London |date=1995 |page=28 |isbn=978-1-899429-03-5}}</ref> From 1909 through to 1911 he also turned out occasionally for Kent League side [[Northfleet United]].<ref name="FATFWW" />

He lasted a year at Glossop before returning to Woolwich Arsenal in December 1910.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/gordon-hoare |title=Gordon Hoare |website=www.arsenal.com |language=en |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> He scored seven times in 16 games for Arsenal in the [[1910–11 in English football|1910–11]] season,<ref name="11v11" /> but was once again dropped at the start of the following season, unable to oust [[Jackie Chalmers]] and [[Charles Randall (footballer)|Charles Randall]] from the front line. He rejoined Glossop in February 1912; in total, he played 34 times for Arsenal, scoring 13 goals.<ref name=Harris/>

After his second spell at Glossop, Hoare went on to play for [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queens Park]] and [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], finally retiring in 1920.<ref name=Joyce/> He died in 1973, aged 89.<ref name=SportsRef/>

==International career==
[[File:Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - UK squad.JPG|thumb|The Great Britain national football team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Standing: Dines, Brebner, Berry, Walden, Woodward, Hoare, Sharpe, Knight. Sitting: McWirther, Burn, Littlewort.]]
Hoare was capped multiple times for the [[England national amateur football team|England amateur team]] between 1909 and 1913, netting 11 goals, including 5 braces against [[Germany national football team|Germany]], [[France national football team|France]] (2) and [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] (2). He was a member of the team that represented [[Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]: he played in all three matches and netted two goals, both of which in the [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics#Gold medal match|final]] against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] as [[Great Britain men's Olympic football team|Great Britain]] won 4–2, thus contributing decisively to his side's triumph in [[Stockholm]].<ref name=SportsRef>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/gordon-hoare-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/gordon-hoare-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Olympic Sports: Gordon Hoare |publisher=Sports Reference |accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref> He also scored a further 5 goals for the amateur team in unofficial matches, a brace against in a 5–1 win over [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in 1911, a brace in a 2–3 loss to [[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]] in 1912 and the winner (2–1) against a [[Bruges XI]] on 6 April 1912, bringing his tally to 16 goals.<ref name=Amateurs>{{cite web |url=http://englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslAm.html |title=England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939 |website=englandfootballonline.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328123742/http://englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslAm.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===International goals===
:''England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hoare goal.''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Gordon Hoare<ref name=Amateurs/>
|-
! scope=col | No.
! scope=col | Date 
! scope=col | Venue 
! scope=col | Opponent 
! scope=col | Score 
! scope=col | Result
! scope=col | Competition
! scope=col class=unsortable| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope=row| 1
| rowspan=2| 13 March 1909 || rowspan=2| [[Oxford ground]], [[Oxford]], England || rowspan=2| {{fb|GER|empire}} || {{center|?}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 9–0 || rowspan=7| [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] || rowspan=2|{{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-germany-16-march-1909-222768/ |title=England v Germany, 16 March 1909 |website=www.11v11.com |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope=row| 2
|| {{center|?}}
|-
! scope=row| 3
| rowspan=2| 23 March 1911 || rowspan=2| [[Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine]], [[Stade de Paris]], France || rowspan=2| {{fb|FRA}} || {{center|2–0}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 3–0 || rowspan=2 |{{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/france-v-england-23-march-1911-222824/ |title=France v England, 23 March 1911 |website=www.11v11.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 }}</ref>}}
|-
! scope=row| 4
|| {{center|3–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 5
| 25 May 1911 || Spitalacker-Platz, [[Bern]], Switzerland || {{fb|SWI}} || {{center|2–0}} || style="text-align:center;" | 4–1 || {{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/switzerland-v-england-25-may-1911-222838/ |title=Switzerland v England, 25 May 1911 |website=www.11v11.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 }}</ref>}}
|-
! scope=row| 6
| rowspan=2| 21 October 1911 || rowspan=2| [[Park Royal Stadium]], [[London]], England || rowspan=2| {{fb|DEN}} || {{center|1–0}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 3–0 || rowspan=2 |{{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-denmark-21-october-1911-222845/ |title=England v Denmark, 21 October 1911  |website=www.11v11.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 }}</ref>}}
|-
! scope=row| 7
|| {{center|3–0}}
|-
! scope=row| 8
| rowspan=2| 4 July 1912 || rowspan=2| [[Stockholm Olympic Stadium|Stockholms Olympiastadion]], [[Stockholm]], Sweden || rowspan=2| {{fb|DEN}} || {{center|2–1}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 4–2 || rowspan=2| [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics#Gold medal match|1912 Summer Olympics Final]] || rowspan=2 |{{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/stockholm1912/match-center/32271 |title=Great Britain v Denmark, 4 July 1912 |website=www.fifa.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 }}</ref>}}
|-
! scope=row| 9
|| {{center|3–1}}
|-
! scope=row| 10
| rowspan=2| 27 February 1912 || rowspan=2| [[Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine]], [[Colombes]], France || rowspan=2| {{fb|FRA}} || {{center|2–0}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 4–2 || rowspan=2| [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] || rowspan=2 |{{center|<ref name=Amateurs/>}}
|-
! scope=row| 11
|| {{center|3–0}}
|-
|}

== Personal life ==
Hoare served as a lieutenant in the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]] during the [[First World War]].<ref name="FATFWW" />

==References==
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==External links==
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